Support for ashtrays



.,l'liurniture such as a chair. k 'lwfject is to providea mounting, construction i'orlfdumpingthe contents of the ash tray while the 1 lsame remainsffirmly inv place. A furobject is toprovide for or relatively sumar-ransom Anwimemzsmsmom'amaohin l Appusunn september s, its?,v semi No.l ieaszs *,ft'lhis invention relates to a mounting means fortheattachmentoi an ash tray to upholstered Y t.. furniture and is particularly designedi'or use in '1 "clubs 'and hotel Y,

V[though it is adaptablev for home use itdesired. n fwl'he object of thesrinvention is broadly provide a simple and effective mounting means` lobbies and similar places alttorsecurlng an ashtray to a piece oi' vupholstered A more specific ob .y permanentlysecuring the means to a l piece er fumimre. A .',Other andl more limited objects willbe in part yflipperent undv vin party pointed outr hereinafter iny vconnection with the f accompanying drawing 'l wherein Fig. 1 is a side elevation oi a device em` :j .2fbo'dylng the lnventionand indicating. afiragment of an upholstered chair in phantom view to show the relation oi' themounting means to such chair;

.Flg.-f;2fis'r'a.top plan view of thefdeviceoi `I'ig. 1 4 f Vanuli'ig. 3 "is an enlargedffragmentary section 2l showing the tilting mounting i'ordumpingrthe vcontents of the ash tray.y

- i-In the drawing the numeral |70. indicates the l `f -body'foi' avchair or the' lilce supportedjon legs -li `1, aud-.provided with an upnoisredzarm lz, back i soi/eiland seatl il, Theaholdingmeans which supy. ports ytheash tray consistsjof a pair of straps 1n- .dicated generailyby the numerals il and Il. The;l

. ,1, strap element I5 has a bent over portiony I I which yiextendsbeneath. the body lo yof the chair and may l v55besseciirecl thereto as by screws Il.r The Ulmer ,'*ffendloi'` the strap element yIB is rprovided with a slot 'las indicated at il for adjustable connection` ltothefstrapielement'li. 'I'he strap element "is C flprovided with a curvedportionlladapted to emrQ[airspace-,the am nr ofthe ha1r.-.mxtending .-throughy a suitable opening in the lowerfpart of Ithestrapf element I and'through the slot Il in theatre element' ls is a stud y2| vpmvmedvsriui v4ajs'lvirig nut 22 for holding 'the'parts Il Tand IJO in "45 adjusted relationto each otherl whereby they may l fbesecur'ed to chairs of diiierent Secured to ther strap elementv Il by suitable rivetsjll is a yJournal element!! -which is provided with abore g .Fff-rsfre'ivlng a spring n anda plunger orybau n., 'y y150 Securedto theash tray 2l is a bracket or mount'- j ingy element 2l which is .providedwith a collar 1j@ 3l engaging the iront taceof rthe element 2l and autrunnion 3| journaled therein. The right hand faced! the collar 30 as' seen lin Fig. 3 is provided i filo wi adepreasion adaptedto receive a spherical comme (ci. iss-1m l .portion of the element 21.

`slot. l and into an internally threaded opening kin the trunnion ll is a shouldered stud 32! which furniture.

Lping portions of said said bracket.

Extending through the holds the element 2l in place without oilering any appreciable resistance to tilting thereof. The v stud l2 extending through the strap element Il cooperates with the elements 2| and I! to hold the strap elements Iil and itin alignment.

'From` the foregoing it will be obvious that the above described deviceis well adapted for appli'- 1 cation to upholstered furniture of a oi' sizes, that it cannot readily be detached but willk vbe heldl iny properl place at all times withy sumcient drmness and that `the contents can be ydumped lfrom the ash tray in" a convenient mannei-.and without yremoving the device from the lWhile I have shown and described the present preferred embodiment ot my invention I wish it understood that I am not limited to the details o! 20 the disclosure but only in accordance with the ap- Dended claims. e f

Having thus described my invention,v what I claim is: y

1. an 'extensible ash tray support comprising 2s I l upper and lower overlapping elements, the lower element having means whereby its lower portion maybe iixedly secured to a bottom member of a piece of furniture 'and the upper element having its upper end curved to enable it toembrace an upper upholstered member oi said piece oi.

- furniture, means for securing the overlapping elements in any adjusted position, means adjustable lengthwise of said support for rotatably mounting an ash tray on `said support intermediate the 35 'lower portion and the curved upper portion thereoi, and yieldable means `ior resisting the rotation oltray, I y l 2,. 'An' ash-tray ysupport comprising upper and lower yoverlapping strap elements, the lower ele- 40 ment having means whereby its lower portion may be attached to a-bottom member of a piece of furniture and the upper element having its upper end :curved to enable it; to embracean upper uphol- .steredmemberr ot said piece oi' iurniture,one ot 45 said elements provided with a longitudinal slot inthe overlapping portion thereof, a stud mounted in the overlapping portion of the other kof said elements and extending through said slot. a clamping member mounted on said stud, a supportin'gbracket for an ash tray,fand a second stud lextending through the slot and the overlapelements and supporting 3. An ash-tray support comprising upper and 66 lower overlapping strap elements. the lower. elementv havin:v means: whereby its lower `portion maybe attached to it` bottom member o! a piece of furniture and'theupper element havin: its upper v end curved to enable-"it toembrace an upper upholstered member of 'said piece oi' furniture, meansy for securing the 'overlapping elements in any adjusted,V position, and meansr for mounting an ash tray. between. the lower portion and the curved. 'uppers portion thereof. saidy mounting meansl comprising an. journal elementk secured to` 4 said support, a bracket for supportingv the ash tray -nmz! l-having a trunnion receivedzin said jour-- andere e y ynai element, a studextendinz through the said supportand into said trunnion, and yieidable means for resisting rotation o! said. trunnion in said Journal element.

4. In. the combination recited in claim 8, the means( for securing theoverlapping portions ot 'the strap elements in adjusted positions comprising a slot in one of said elements, a stud carried by the other of said elements and extending through said slot, ln'ciamping member on said stud, and the stud which extends into the trimd lnionulso extending through said slot.

ANTOINE'I'I'E W.' ZEMAN. 

